Indian Officials Encourage Farmers to Chant Vedic Hymns to Improve Crop Yields
Authorities in the Indian state of Goa are encouraging farmers to adopt “cosmic farming” by chanting Vedic mantras to their fields for 20 days in order o improve the quality and quantity of their crops without the help of chemical fertilizers. Promoting organic farming is definitely commendable, but the approach of Goa’s Ministry of Agriculture […]
Online Homeware Store Mocked for Selling Handful of Twigs for $42
American homeware retailer Anthropologie was recently mocked on social media for selling a bundle of 20 birch twigs for the astronomical price of $42. That’s over $2 for a stick you can probably find on the street. Officially called a “Decorative Birch Bundle”, the handful of twigs tied with two pieces of brown strings was […]
‘Pet Psychic’ Claims She Can Communicate with Animals, Both Alive And Dead, Despite Being Allergic to Them
Researchers have long been looking for ways to communicate with animals, but one ‘pet psychic’ from upstate New York claims she’s been doing just that for around 15 years. For a fee, she can tell pet owners what their animals are thinking, what they like and dislike, regardless of whether they’re alive or dead. One […]